Friday Fry-Up

PUBLISHING ADVICE

• SF author Charlie Stross outlines some of the misconceptions that are common among new writers.
• Dear Author explores The Evolution of a Series.
• Carrie Vaughn on Micropayments as a Much-Needed Pat On the Back (via Genreality)
• YA Highway on managing relationships with Non-Writing Spouses

WRITING ADVICE

• 8 Urban Myths to Squelch During Author Critique Sessions
• Booklifenow.com on How To Write When You Don’t Have Time

INDUSTRY NEWS & COMMENTARY

• The President of the US Author’s Guild has released a public statement regarding the Penguin/Random House merger.
• Forbes.com takes a look at Which Major Publishers Do Best at Ebook Sales
• A recent study has shown that school text books may play a pivotal role in establishing national attitudes (via Publishing Perspective)
• The MacMillain Dictionary has decided to phase out print editions in favour of its electronic services

NANOWRIMO

• Monica Valentinelli posts about NaNoWriMo By the Numbers.
• Diana Peterfreund asks Why the NaNo Hating?

And that’s the fry-up for this week. As always, we’re interested in hearing about any links we may have missed in the comments, and we hope you have a great weekend of writing ahead of you.